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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Senate EPW subcommittee weighs in on three nuclear energy bills
Proposed nuclear energy legislation with bipartisan support earned the attention of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Wednesday morning.
Subject-matter experts and the chief sponsors of the legislation shared details on three items at a hearing Wednesday before the EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety: the Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act—introduced just last week—and discussion drafts of the Revitalizing Energy Communities by Hosting Advanced Reactors and Generating Energy (RECHARGE) Act and Enrichment Licensing Modernization Act.
Technical Session|Radioisotope Power Systems
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Sweeney A
Session Chair:
Jake R. Matthews (Zeno Power)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Robert Wingo (LANL)
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Development of Americium Oxide Ceramics for use in European Radioisotope Power Systems
10:00–10:25AM MDT
M.J. Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), P. Glenville (National Nuclear Laboratory), C. Perkins (National Nuclear Laboratory)
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Exploring Oxalate Co-Precipitation Methods for the Production of Surrogate Americium Oxides for use in European Radioisotope Power Systems
10:25–10:50AM MDT
S. Jones (Lancaster Univ.), C. Boxall (Lancaster Univ.), R. Sanderson (National Nuclear Laboratory), M.J. Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), R. Wilbraham (Lancaster Univ.)
Using the External Gelation Sol-gel Method to Create Cerium Uranium Oxides as Potential Surrogates for Americium Uranium Oxides in the Context of European Radioisotope Power Systems
10:50–11:15AM MDT
E.J. Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), R. Wilbraham (Lancaster Univ.), M.J. Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), C. Boxall (Lancaster Univ.), R.M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester)
Assessing Alternatives for Pu-238 in Radioisotope Heater Units
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Laura Holewa (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Alexander Rodgers (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Cenk Guler (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
